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Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response for Security Analysts

By : Benjamin Kovacevic
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Book Image

Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response for Security Analysts

5 (1)
By: Benjamin Kovacevic

Overview of this book

What your journey will look like With the help of this expert-led book, you’ll become well versed with SOAR, acquire new skills, and make your organization's security posture more robust. You’ll start with a refresher on the importance of understanding cyber security, diving into why traditional tools are no longer helpful and how SOAR can help. Next, you’ll learn how SOAR works and what its benefits are, including optimized threat intelligence, incident response, and utilizing threat hunting in investigations. You’ll also get to grips with advanced automated scenarios and explore useful tools such as Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk SOAR, and Google Chronicle SOAR. The final portion of this book will guide you through best practices and case studies that you can implement in real-world scenarios. By the end of this book, you will be able to successfully automate security tasks, overcome challenges, and stay ahead of threats.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
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Part 1: Intro to SOAR and Its Elements
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Part 2: SOAR Tools and Automation Hands-On Examples

Part 1: Intro to SOAR and Its Elements

In the first part, we will introduce cybersecurity and explain why we are speaking about new security tools such as SOAR, as well as introducing SOAR and its importance. In addition to this, we will go over the main elements of SOAR and why they play such a crucial role in SOCs.

This part contains the following chapters:

  • Chapter 1, The Current State of Cybersecurity and the Role of SOAR
  • Chapter 2, A Deep Dive into Incident Management and Investigation
  • Chapter 3, A Deep Dive into Automation and Reporting